Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 10:01 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2000, 10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2000, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:14 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Akron, Richfield, Tallmadge and Copley. Two fallen trees damaged mobile homes in Tallmadge, and a third poked a hole into the roof of a house in Akron. A parked car in Akron was also slightly damaged by a tree. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419 WUUS51 KCLE 190202 SVRCLE OHC153-190230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1001 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SUMMIT COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF MACEDONIA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... TWINSBURG MACEDONIA HUDSON CUYAHOGA FALLS LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CLEVELAND. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 31 min |
| May 18, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 39 min |
| May 18, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 27 min |
| May 18, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.